Boston's Max West gave the National League a three-run bulge in the first inning with a three-run dinger, and the National League won, 4-0, to record the first shutout in All-Star Game history. Manager Bill McKechnie used fresh pitchers every two innings to hold the mighty American League bats to three hits.

Rosters

American League

Luke Appling

Lou Boudreau

Tommy Bridges+

Doc Cramer+

Bill Dickey

Joe DiMaggio

Bob Feller

Lou Finney

Jimmie Foxx

Ron Hansen

Joe Gordon

Hank Greenberg

Frankie Hayes

Rollie Hemsley

Bob Johnson+

Charlie Keller

Ken Keltner

Dutch Leonard+

Ray Mack

George McQuinn+

Al Milnar+

Bobo Newsom

Monte Pearson+

Red Rolfe*

Red Ruffing

Cecil Travis

Ted Williams

National League

Pete Coscarart

Harry Danning

Paul Derringer

Leo Durocher+

Larry French

Billy Herman

Kirby Higbe+

Carl Hubbell

Billy Jurges*

Cookie Lavagetto

Hank Leiber*

Ernie Lombardi

Pinky May

Frank McCormick

Joe Medwick

Eddie Miller

Johnny Mize

Jo-Jo Moore

Terry Moore

Hugh Mulcahy+

Bill Nicholson

Mel Ott

Babe Phelps

Arky Vaughan

Bucky Walters

Max West

Whit Wyatt

* Named to team but replaced due to injury
+ Did not enter game

Red Ruffing, left, big right hander of the New York Yanks, and Paul Derringer, one of the mainstays of the Cincinnati Reds, wish each other luck just before they started in the box for the American League and National League, respectively, in the major league All-Star game at St. Louis on July 9, 1940.